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With Channel One News the odds are always in favor of advertisers, not students.

August 17, 2012
With Channel One News the odds are always in favor of advertisers, not students.

  Above: Front page of the official website of Channel One News. Can you tell what these kiddie marketers think is the big news story of the day? It’s the midnight release!! Ads for Hunger Games DVDs and Blu-ray discs have been plastered over the entire website all week. Below: Guess who welcomed students...
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Channel One’s first day: Massive ad campaign for Hunger Games DVD/ Blu-ray

August 14, 2012
Channel One’s first day: Massive ad campaign for Hunger Games DVD/ Blu-ray

It’s almost like Channel One News executives Kent Haehl and Paul Folkemer want educators to hate their company. With Channel One coming under renewed criticism for their advertising assault on schoolchildren, one would think the company would trim back their advertising. Instead the first day of Channel One’s 2012-13 broadcast year began with a...
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